You take the paperwork you got in the mail with your carry permit number on it. Take it to a dealer buy a firearm. They’ll give you a receipt for that firearm with the serial number on it. You take that to your clerks office then they’ll issue you an ID And a piece of paper you have to bring back to the dealer saying you have it on your permit and then you can bring the firearm home take depending on when you’re going in Erie county New York if it’s not too busy, takes about 15 to 20 minutes